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I ask this question because I recently had a parking ticket from the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead. I was parked outside the Windsor Theatre Royal unloading 200 copies of magazines and two stands. My hazard lights were on. I took the...
Well, Ms Caron was every bit as poised and graceful as I thought she would be. I sat next to her at the luncheon at Cliveden and we chattted happily about all sorts.She was particularly critical of French employment laws which she has encountered during...
Not many dancers can say they have danced with Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rudolf Nureyev but the legend that is Leslie Caron has - and , what's more - I'm interviewing her on Monday at Cliveden. The Hollywood actress, who has...
Off to lunch with the knight of Reading today at his lovely restaurant The Leathern Bottel at Goring. Hope we don't have to talk about football - I know nothing. He's also agree to do a photo shoot for our November cover. Hope the sun shines! ...
Well actually it was with a delightful person called Antonia Timpany in Sunninghill. But she deserves all the publcity she can get, so I'm unashamedly giving her a plug for her new business. She's opening a dress agency tomorrow that sells pre-owned...
I spent Monday morning at the Compleat Angler in Marlow with one of the greatest althletes of all time and what an enjoyable experience it was. I thought that someone so utterly focussed might be a bit intense but he was so relaxed and 'normal' and we...
I was invited to a great fun event last night by Linda Yong and the crew at Twin Cheeks in Ascot. The idea was that you went along a chose a dress from th many on display. Many of these were no longer fashionable but with a little judicious tweeking...
Where has the summer gone? I can't believe I've neglected my blog for six weeks! Forgive me, do, but I've been so busy putting together an even bigger, brighter and better magazine. As most of you will know by now, Berkshire Life has joined forces with...
Let me apologise to any of my neighbours who were woken by the sirens of two fire engines at my house last night. At 10.30pm all teh lights went out and when to the garage to check on the fuse box, smoke came pouring out.
A quick 999 and about 15 minutes...
If you go down to Virginia Water Lake at the moment you'll see a most extraordinary sight! A castle has sprung up on the shore. What's more, there's a galleon anchored there too! And the reason? Ridley Scott is filming his latest blockbuster there - starring...
I went with some other mothers from Hurst Lodge School in Ascot to the Belvedere Arms for an end of year meal and to our great delight we found Hugh Grant was eating there too.
Throughout the evening several people came up to him and started chatting....
A lot of people got rather excited the other day when I told them I was going to interview CRH at The Watermill at Bagnor. The Strictly Come dancing judge may have a reputation for being a harsh critic but he's got a winning smile and has a big fan base....
I've just spent the most marvellous long weekend in Paris. It was my birthday and my wonderful husband whisked me off for a romantic two nights. We were carried away by the charm and sheer joie de vivre of the entire place so I am, I admit, looking throught...
Went to the RWHS again and bumped into Alan Titchmarsh, who's making a documetnary called All the Queen's Horses. I also saw barry Humphries aka Dame Edna Everage. He was dressed very sensibly in waterproof coat and large hat - no sign of make-up...
If, like me, you love Channel 5's hit series The Hotel Inspector, then you'll be interested to know that I was invited behind the scenes last week as the TV crew, together with presenter Alex Polizzi, gave a boat moored at Mapledurham a make-over.
Andy...
What an upbeat and exciting afternoon I had on Friday when I went to the relaunch of SHE plc, the women's networking group that's teh baby of that formidable lady Mary Flavelle, who has more energy and enthusiasm that a stadium of Reading FC fans!...
I was very privileged to get an invitation to see HM The Queen open the new Guards Polo clubhouse at Smith's lawn on Sunday.The sun shone and Her Majesty surprised us all by driving herself to the venue in a green estate car! Looking very spring-like...
It's great to see the Windsor Wheel back. I had a ride on it the other evening and from my perch spied two huge spotlights where Elton John's house is in Old Windsor. I couldn't make out whether they were floodlights for a football pitch or just security...
BBC Radio Berkshire called me up this morning and asked me if I'd ever been on a really weired diet. I had to think for a minute, then I remembered about 15 years ago I did the Mars bar diet. I had one Mars bar for breakfast, one for lunch and one for...
One of the most beautiful places in Britain - no the world- at this time of year has to be the Valley gardens in Windsor Great Park. I went there with my family on Sunday and was absolutely enchanted by the azealas and rhododendrons. It's early days yet,...
Went to a great party in Ascot on Friday night. It was the launch of Vanilla Parties, the new outside catering venture owned by Nigel Lewis of butchery fame. (Prince Andrew is a huge fan of his sausages.) Champagne flowed freely and so did the delightful...
I took Sophie and two of her friends to Rushall Organic farm near Bradfield this weekend and was amazed by the number of people out enjoying the spring sunshine. Rushall is not normally open to the public but this weekend and next weekend it open its...
When it comes to promoting its local food producers it seems to me that Berkshire has always lagged behind a bit. To the west we all know and love Cotswold cheese, lamb and other gorgeous sundries and over the past five years Hampshire Fare has done a...
I feel extremely sorry for Heston. Over the years, I have met and interviewed him several times and he has always been charming and helpful. He's an incredibly down to earth person and there isn't a hint of arrogance about him - unlike some other celebrity...
Well not exactly with his Lordship of ' I'm a Celebrity' fame - and other infamous exploits.I was actually having lunch in the Terrace Restaraurant at Cliveden - yes, this job does have its perks - when I spied a very dashing figure striding...